Hi all,

I am in a very bad situation. I have been trying to install Linux (CentOS, 4.2 - I know it is old, but it is the only set of CDs I have, besides, it takes 5 minutes to upgrade to the latest) on my Laptop, Dell, Inspiron. Everything went just fine with my USB mouse connected nad then after reboot, the system gave me these messages (or should I say this message?);

starting udev

starting network... NetworkDiabling irq# 11

And the system hangs completey, that I have to either restart or unplug the power to restart it again.

I read in a site that the reason might be the USB mouse and that one should reinstall the system again, with mouse unplugged! I "reinstalled" the system as described "the mouse unplugged" and I got the same message.

Finally, I read that I should do a text base installation, which I did, but the problem persists.

Do you have any solution other than finding myself another distro!? By the way, I am sure I made a mistake by not comming here first.

Thanks,

H H